Deconstructed Cajun Black Bean Burgers With Sweet Potato Oven Fries
By: Noelle Ferrada Kelly
Published: Thursday, August 26, 2010 - 8:48am

Ingredients




Burgers
15 ounces can black beans
1/2 cup cilantro
1 serrano pepper, deseeded and deveined
3 tablespoons nutritional yeast
1/2 cup brown rice flour
1/4 cup gluten-free bread crumbs
1/2 beet, julienned or shredded
1 carrot, julienned or shredded
1 tablespoon Creole Seasonings* (see below)
2 tablespoons Hemp Seeds
2 garlic cloves
Sweet Potato Fries
1 large sweet potato, sliced
1 Tablepoon Creole Seasoning
Fennel Salad
1 cup fennel, thinly sliced
1/2 cup romaine lettuce, chopped
1/8 cup red onions, thinly sliced
2 teaspoons lemon juice
1/2 tablespoon olive oil
salt and pepper to taste
1 tablespoon olive oil

Preparation

1 Burgers 2 In a food processor, shred the carrot and beet and set aside in a bowl. 3 Add 1/4 cup of beans to mixture. 4 Add the rest of the beans to the food processor. 5 Add the rest of the ingredients and pulse until pureed. 6 Add bean mixture to the shredded veggies and combine well. 7 Form 5 patties. 8 Heat a nonstick skillet with 1 Tablespoon olive oil and cook 3 patties at a time for 3-5 minutes on each side on medium heat. 9 Repeat with the rest of the patties and serve. 10 Sweet Potato Fries 11 Preheat oven to 450 degrees. 12 Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper. 13 Mix all the ingredients and spread potatoes over cookie sheet. 14 Bake for 20-25 minutes. 15 Fennel Salad 16 Combine all ingredients and massage the salad for 3 minutes.

About


Since I have been concentrating on more whole foods and less carbs, new recipes keep coming in my mind. Last night, despite being home alone, I decided to make something delicious and creative. A few days ago I talked about the same types of food that are available to vegans at Mexican restaurants, well how about I talk about foods available at pubs and burger places? Not too much to offer except for a "veggie" burger or otherwise known as a "mystery" veggie burger. Sometimes I wonder what all those because they all seem sometimes generic. Who likes generic. Take Chili's restaurants. I like that they offer BOCA burgers and a Black Bean burger because at least that is more than one choice. I have a local tap room that serves a delicious veggie burger that is created by the chef, but otherwise, every other place has the same patty.
Last night I decided to try my hand at my own black bean burger with a Cajun flair. It was gluten-free and full of veggies. I left off the bun, thus the deconstructed part, and placed the burger on a bed of fennel / romaine lettuce with then a layer of tomatoes and avocado. Nothing can be too compelete without the fries so I made the low glycemic option of potatoes by making sweet potato. Regular potatoes have too much sugar so sweet potatoes are the better option